Why Whitmarsh is the best man for McLaren

Much has been written about a crisis of confidence at McLaren over Martin Whitmarsh's ability to lead the team during the last few weeks. But, as Tony Dodgins explains, this paper talk is simply not true

I say 'inevitably' because Silverstone was The Big One; the home race for the team and for Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. The national paper men were out in force. Not just the F1 correspondents but chief sports writers, diarists and feature writers. The pressure was on to make a bit of a splash. And hell, in the best of traditions, don't let the facts get in the way.

Some of it was mere adoption of the football mentality: the big team with the home stars was losing out, so obviously the main man must go.

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